Friday, August 04, 2006

Yes, it's true, I'm a Pinkberry addict. Originally, I just ate it, but a couple weeks ago I got into smoking it and just yesterday I started shooting up. I tried to keep it to myself, but there it is, splashed all over the LA Times in black type:"It has been called "Crackberry" and "frozen heroin juice" by its fans and detractors because many of the college kids, television writers and well-to-do families who cheerfully queue up as many as four nights in a single week agree withfood blogger Rosie [Colleen], who wrote recently: "I would get Pinkberry IV'ed into my veins if I could."

It's a great article and reveals some key tidbits about new Pinkberrys opening soon: Koreatown opens next week, La Brea/Melrose will open in September.

However, my favourite part of the article is that she calls Kiwiberri a copycat - I love it! Now we know the truth about all those weird comments John Bae left on my previous Pinkberry/Kiwiberri posts. In case you missed them, these are some of the comments he left and then deleted (they get sent to my email before they're posted):

here's to people who steal ideas and like to pretend they came up with it.only thing you came up with is a poorly designed room that your trying to disguise bad taste by putting glass everywhere good idea! I love the shitty track lights too!!--Posted by Johnbae11 to Colleen Cuisine at 7/05/2006 11:59:33 PM

Nice, real professional. There are a bunch of other comments about how great Kiwiberri is that come from the same IP address, so apparently, he's taken to creating fake user profiles too. Gotta love the internet! I promise to still give Kiwiberri a fair chance if and when it opens.

Check out today's LA Times article on Pinkberry and Kiwiberri here (it's free to read, you just have to register).

btw, so much hype for pinkberry. i give credit to the two people who started pinkberry BUT, has anyone heard of Red Mango in Korea? http://www.redmango.co.kr

Lets just say, they started in Korea, 4+ years ago, has over 150+ stores. i'd just like to see someone mention it since people tend to forget or maybe ignorant to where pinkberry came from. and, red mango was taken originally from italy! go figure....

Colleen, I wondered if that was you they were referring to as a foodblogger! Congrats on making it to the big-time. Last night I had a dream that Kiwi-berri beat Pinkberry to the punch in opening another branch, and that a line slinked down La Cienega all the way to Wilshire. I woke up in a sweat from the horrific nightmare. FYI I have gotten anti-Pinkberry comments on my blog, and I can only gather where they came from...

I tried the ones in korea also, I dont know if you recall but the taste and the concept is completley different, also regarding your last question yes there is a place that serves a all natural live cultured frozen yogurt, its called Kiwiberri, you can taste the difference in quality they have locations in Claremont,beverly center grand opening 8/20/06 , and diamond plaza in rowland heights("life Plaza")coming in October "06, along with California Market Center coming in Nov' 06,,I saw a few coming soon banners in O.C and San Deigo county all opening by Feb 07'

I was at the kiwiberri @ 3rd and la cienega,and at about closing time on Saturday Night I saw the Pinkberry owner along with 2 goons enter kiwiberri smoking a cigar,like some korean mafia goons and told the kiwiberri owners to step outside in a very threatening manner then I and about 10 friends witnessed him threatening the owners of kiwiberri with physical harm, The Pinkberry owner said " You dont know who your messing with, we know where you live so watch your back" We, along with the owners of kiwiberri by the surprised/confused look on there faces, were all very shocked to witness this to say the least, I had absolutley no idea the frozen yogurt was such a dangerous business, they werent kidding when I heard there was a fued between the two companies , but man am I glad I sell morgages for a living instead... WOW!!!!

What Yogurtfanatic writes is untrue and if one were to explore all of this blog as well as some other food blogs, it will be obvious the great extent this indiviual has partaken to slander Pinkberry. It's unfortunate that he has chosen this path and doesn't realize that it only damages the image and integrity of the people he suppposedly is affiliated with.

Too all that follows these blogs please disregaurd all attacks on pb and kiwi berri!! this is AMERICA Land of the free fredom of choice, chose to try kiwi berri and see if you like it. i promise you will! come visit us if you dont like the yogart you will love the customer service! have faith samples are good jeremy manager of kiwi berri

I live in Queen Creek,Az. I went to visit my family in LA Valley when I told my lil sister to take me to PINKBERRY'S, She said they just opened one in Studio City. We went and I got the Plain yogurt with fruity pebbles 2X and oreos as toppings.. I got the large of course. I was HOOKED. I want to open one here in the EAST VALLEY of Pheonix..It was AWESOME. It tastes like a mix of yogurt and sorbet...with a lemone taste but its TRUE Im an ADDICT....

I heard Young Lee used to be a door man at a night club in korea town, since he is very flaming they decided to let him try and design the club but he messed things up and it ended up looking like a pinkberry with disco balls, and he got canned. then he got hooked on drugs went to rehab then decided to open wine shop with no parking then when that failed to get approval he overheard some people talking about this yogurt that was a big hit in korea, he eventually bribed the right employees from the korean chain and got the recipe,then he goes online and cuts and paste from the 4 major brands that have been in business since 98 (ie). Logo/design concept/taste then he fowards all the attention and spotlight to his girlfriend Shelly,who wouldnt know how to open or operate a profitable business if her life depended on it, because he has a tarnished and shady image that only a psycho whould do business with so she ends up being the perfect scape goat. so this is the story of pinkberry.

almost forgot about the part where they pay bloggers like coleen cuisine

!!!!!!!!!!!!NEWS FLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!**********************************I heard that Pinkberry bribed the franchisee's of the kiwiberri @ 3rd & La Cienega into purposly running the business into the ground then sell the business to Pinkberry for a large amount.. I didnt beleive it so I went by today and it looked a mess and get this the owner even told me quote " Were closed go to Pinkberry down the street it's better" I was shocked , could the rumors be true , I came to enjoy a kiwiberri yogurt because I like the distinct tangy and clean flavor of it , why would the owner of the establishment pursuade me to go to their competitor, this is confusing and if Pinkberry does business in this manner I for one woould never step inside their store.

I know none of my readers are this stupid, but I just want to point out that the person posting as collleen cuisine with three l's is not me. Yes, I have the ability to delete these posts, but I choose not to because they amuse me.

Read up on Red Mango, I have. I think it truly is one the originals and ALL the others are the branches that followed suit. Not really a big deal, but it you really want to know.

Another good point is that we should all stop denying that this stuff has more sugar and calories than we'd like to think. Being fat free doesn't address CARBS. Natural yogurt is VERY tart with not a hint of sweetness, so imagine how much sugar they're adding to get the bit of sweetness that we're tasting in the final product. There's a reason the "secret" recipe is secret, it's because we'd all realize we have another Jamba Juice phenomenon on our hands; a product marketed as healthy because it's non-fat, BUT it's loaded with tons of sugar/carbs and calories. Another misconception, FAT & SUGAR/CARBS are not the same thing so please do some research people because both will MAKE you fat if you overindulge in either.

I LOVE PINKBERRY, but won't touch it more than once a week now, I was originally hooked and visited 2-3x a week. Enjoy it, but don't forget da nile is more than just a river in egypt darlings.

We should love all the froyo shops because the more low fat, low calorie food out there, the better it is for everybody. Whether Pinkberry, Kiwiberry or Green Mango came first, who cares. Anyways, didn't that Canadian chain Yogen Fruz start it all like 2 decades ago.

Hi to all you other Yogurt fans out there. I must confess that I am a yogurt freak myself. I know everyone out there is so in love with Pinkberry but I just DON'T understand why the hell that is. 1. PINKBERRY basically tastes like frozen sugar water. YUCK! It seems like they don't care about taste and all they care about is making a good ol' buck. I went to this new yogurt shop called Frucci located near MT SAC & CAL POLY POMONA. (Check out their website www.frucciyogurt.com under News for their addresses). FRUCCI on the other hand really considers taste and ingredients (its rich and you can tell that it has so much less sugar than pinkberry). They really seem to care about people's health and WELL-BEING. 2. FRUCCI is also CHEAPER than pinkberry. Pinkberry even charges a dollar extra for their green tea (what a rip!!) whereas frucci charges all yogurt flavors equally. You guys need to try the Pina Colada (their most popular flavor). 3. Frucci's workers give GREAT SERVICE. Some of Pinkberry's workers are the worst (very rude and impolite). From my own personal experience i went into the koreatown Pinkberry and asked for three toppings (the blackberry, raspberry, and mochi). I asked, "can i have the mochi?" The female worker harshly and impolitely replied, "It's ricecake." I couldn't really understand at first so I was wondering why she was giving me a horrible face and so I said, "Yea so can i have the mochi please." She then again repeated, "It's ricecake" while rolling her eyes. I was pretty DAMN offended. My friend also said she went into a Pinkberry and one of the customers politely asked, "can i have some more yogurt please?" The worker sarcastically said, "oh yea you want some more?" She THREW the medium cup of yogurt on the measuring scale (since pinkberry measures by the ounce) and the scale measured 8 ounces. Since medium is 8 ounces, the worker just handed the cup of yogurt to the female customer without saying a word. My friend said that she could see that customer's face turning pink. Pretty sad. Pinkberry fans you can hate me all you want, but to all you yogurt fans out there I RECOMMEND FRUCCI.

Then a coworker introduced me to Pinkberry. sportsbook I was hooked. Original flavor with Cap’n Crunch and blueberries—I’d found a new fix. My car upholstery still bears the scars of that addiction. For nearly a year this went on, me wandering about in ignorance, faithfully journeying to Larchmont, bet nfl until one day a sign appeared. On Wilshire. And that was it. As far as names go, Red Mango wins. Though I think “Berry” outmans “Mango” for appeal, definitely “Red” trounces “Pink.” (I mean, sportsbook why do you think Coca-Cola uses it?) RM gains advantage on atmosphere as well, despite the similarity in font and aesthetic (come on, all newfangled yogurt places use it). http://www.enterbet.com PB loses points for the pricey tchotchkes lining its walls, but ups the ante with celebrity appeal (I’ve seen Nathan Fillion, Shawn Pyfrom, and Lesley Ann Warren, among others, at a Pinkberry).

Winnetka, CA12/16/2008 I finally gave in to this Pinkberry hype and tried it for the first time a couple of days ago...apparently i'm over a year late in finally doing so.sportsbook I told everyone...coworkers, friends...family...even God"Guys, i finally tried Pinkberry! And i must admit...it's pretty damn tasty"Everyone i told looked at me with the weirdest face...and just walked away. I felt like that friend that just barely watched The Dark Knight yesterday.Weird Friend: Guys...i finally saw The Dark Knight!!! How awesome was that movie?Me: Dude...the movie was in theaters July 18th. The whole f*ckin' world saw it. Hell...my mom saw it. Weird Friend: Oh.yeah, well it was really good.march madness So what do you think man? Is Harvey Dent dead? i don't think so bec.Me: Dude...seriously.stop. We talked about that five months ago. And he's dead.Weird Friend: But i just want to talk about it.it was so good. And Heath Ledger was amaz.Me: [sigh].we know it's good. Heath was amazing yes.and the whole world knows that.but seriously.stop.Unfortunately.i was that weird friend when talking about Pinkberry. I'm sorry it took me forever to try that tangy yogurt.but now i want to talk about it! I had my yogurt with fruity pebbles, Captain Crunch and strawberries. I was surprised with the sour taste.but it was a delightful surprise. If i had it by itself, it would take several tastes for me to get used it. But with the lovely toppings (especially Captain Crunch), it really helped the sour yogurt settle in with my taste buds. I can see how people can get addicted to this damn yogurt. It's sweet and sour...you can add fruit.and cereal too! How can you not like that? But it can be pricey.it's between $4 and $6, depending on the size you get. But you won't regret it!And apprently.this is THE place to go hang out or study in La Cañada Flintridge...which just shows you how lame the place can be. It's close to my work office, and every time i pass by Pinkberry, i see so many kids from the local high schools gossiping and discussing drama while having Pinkberry yogurt.www.canadacasino.com

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